Sabaton - Winged Hussars
July 15, 2022•244 words
This is a day late, so pretend I posted it yesterday.
On this day, 338 years ago, the Battle of Vienna began between the Ottoman Empire and (what was referred to at the time as) the Holy League. Overwhelmed & outnumbered, the forces defending against the Ottoman Empire as well as the civilians inside the city walls would withstand a 60 day seige while the situation grew bleaker and bleaker. With the Ottoman forces burrowing under the walls and planting explosives to take the city, all probably seemed lost... but.... then the (Polish) Winged Hussars arrived.
Sabaton History Lesson on The Winged Hussars
About "Winged Hussars" (From the official Sabaton Website)
During the siege of Vienna in 1683, the situation for the citizens and the small defending force was desperate. 140 000 soldiers of the Ottoman Empire was slowly but surely tearing the cities defences apart by digging a tunnel under the moat and city walls. The plan was to detonate a series of mines under the wall to make it collapse and use the rubble as a walkway into the city itself. It was truly a race against time since nobody knew if the christian coalition called ”The Holy League”, under the command of the Polish king John III Sobieski would make it in time. They managed to arrive just in time to save Vienna, and the most fearsome of the warriors among them were the Winged Hussars!